Discover Hidden Treasures: Unlock Secrets to Acquiring Beast Hide in NieR: Automata

NieR: Automata boasts a diverse arsenal of weapons across various weapon types, allowing players to experiment throughout multiple playthroughs. Each weapon offers multiple upgrade levels, extending the lifespan of your favorites and enabling you to utilize most weapons throughout the entire game if desired.

Weapon upgrades are available at any time at the Resistance Camp, requiring specific resources depending on the weapon. One crucial material, Beast Hides, isn't readily obtained; this guide details efficient farming methods.

Obtaining Beast Hides in NieR: Automata

Beast Hides are potential drops from wildlife such as moose and boar. These animals randomly appear in specific map areas, generally avoiding players and nearby robots. Their white icons on the mini-map easily distinguish them from machines' black icons. However, farming wildlife isn't straightforward, as their spawn rate is lower than machines, requiring strategic searching.

Moose and boar exclusively spawn in the ruined city and forest areas. Their behavior (fleeing or attacking) depends on your level relative to theirs; higher-level animals might become aggressive even at a distance. Wildlife possesses substantial health, making early-game encounters with similarly leveled or higher-level animals challenging.

Animal Bait can lure wildlife closer, simplifying the hunting process.

Because animals don't continuously respawn during the main story, you must hunt them during exploration and then search for new ones. Wildlife and machine respawn mechanics are similar:

• Fast traveling resets all enemies and wildlife.
• Traveling a sufficient distance respawns enemies and wildlife in previously visited areas.
• Triggering story events can respawn nearby enemies and wildlife.

Regardless of your game progress, efficiently farming Beast Hides isn't easy. Simply eliminate all encountered wildlife while traversing the forest and city ruins; this usually yields sufficient hides. The drop rate is relatively high, so unless you're upgrading more weapons than you can equip simultaneously, you won't require excessive quantities at any given time.